Chi Dong Eun and Another v. Kim Young Jun and Others

Read the full judgment text of HCA 1880/2015 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 August 2015.

1. This is the 3 rd application by the 2 nd plaintiff (“Zhi”) for an interlocutory injunction against the 18 th defendant (“SMG”) to stop it from holding an AGM on 4 September 2015 (see the Decisions of L Chan J dated 7 August 2015 and Au-Yeung J dated 17 August 2015).  The 1 st plaintiff (“Chi”) is the son of Zhi.

Cited by 4 cases

Case No.HCA 1880/2015
Court
High Court CFI
Date28 Aug 2015
Judge
Case Document
100%Judiciary

HCA 1880/2015

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

ACTION NO. 1880 OF 2015

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BETWEEN    
  CHI DONG EUN 1st Plaintiff
  ZHI CHARLES 2nd Plaintiff
  and
  KIM YOUNG JUN 1st Defendant
  CHOI SUNG MIN 2nd Defendant
  LIM HO SOK 3rd Defendant
  JANG SAM KI 4th Defendant
  HONG SANG JUN 5th Defendant
  CORDIA GLOBAL LIMITED 6th Defendant
  GOLDWYN MANAGEMENT LIMITED 7th Defendant
  ACME PERFECT LIMITED 8th Defendant
  FIRST GLORY LIMITED 9th Defendant
  LUCREZIA LIMITED 10th Defendant
  FIRST TOKEN LIMITED 11th Defendant
  DAILY LOYAL LIMITED 12th Defendant
  PIONEER CENTRE LIMITED 13th Defendant
  MASTER IMPACT LIMITED 14th Defendant
  SLYLINE MERIT LIMITED 15th Defendant
  PARK SEUNG HO 16th Defendant
  KEYSTONE GLOBAL COMPANY LIMITED 17th Defendant
  SIBERIAN MINING GROUP COMPANY
LIMITED
18th Defendant

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Before: Hon Anthony Chan J in Chambers
Date of Hearing: 28 August 2015
Date of Decision: 28 August 2015

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DECISION
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1.This is the 3rd application by the 2nd plaintiff (“Zhi”) for an interlocutory injunction against the 18th defendant (“SMG”) to stop it from holding an AGM on 4 September 2015 (see the Decisions of L Chan J dated 7 August 2015 and Au-Yeung J dated 17 August 2015).  The 1st plaintiff (“Chi”) is the son of Zhi.

2.Two days ago, this court dealt with another action by Zhi.  It is purportedly a derivative action by him on behalf of SMG.  That action has been stuck out against some of the defendants and stayed against the remainder due to the absence of leave from the Cayman Islands Grand Court sanctioning the derivative action.  It appears from the authorities relied upon by SMG that there is yet another Decision by G Lam J dated 19 March 2015 dealing with another action of Zhi against, inter alia, SMG.  The amount of judicial resources spent on Zhi’s actions is breathtaking.

3.This 3rd application is blatantly an abuse of process of the court.  That aside, there are too many reasons to dismiss it without the need for SMG to answer it with evidence.  I need only mention the lack of any proper ground to suggest that Zhi or Chi will suffer any irreparable harm which cannot be adequately compensated with damages if the injunction sought is not granted.  Although it appears that this action has been formulated as a derivative action on behalf of SMG (the same applies to the action before Au-Yeung J), it is apparent from the submissions of the plaintiffs that they are seeking to ventilate certain personal grievances against some of the personal defendants in this action.   

4.Further, I have great difficulty in understanding what cause of action Chi may have in these proceedings.  It is said that he is the beneficiary of a trust which is entitled to certain contractual rights.  I am unable to see how such entitlement gives rise to a cause of action in these proceedings.

5.In the premises, I have no hesitation in dismissing this application with costs.

(Anthony Chan)
Judge of the Court of First Instance
High Court

The 1st and 2nd plaintiffs appeared in person

Mr Eugene Kwok, instructed by Baker & McKenzie, for the 18th defendant